Visit her on the web at: www.maureenmcmahon.com
Maureen McMahon was born in Niles, Michigan. She studied English and creative writing at Western Michigan University where she earned an English Major/Creative Writing Emphasis and obtained a teaching certification. She has been named by Western Michigan University as one of eleven noteworthy alumni in 2001 for her creative writing achievements.
Fascinated with her mother’s country of birth, she traveled to Australia in 1981 and now resides there with her husband and a menagerie of pets. Her two children are grown.
Maureen’s website, Moonspinners Writer’s Page, http://www.maureenmcmahon.com, has recently been voted one of the ‘101 Best Sites, 2006' by Writer’s Digest Magazine. Moonspinners Writer’s Page is dedicated to assisting creative writers and her Ask The Experts page, run in partnership with Fran Silverman, provides over 100 authors and experts who have volunteered to answer any marketing queries.
She is co-director of BooksWeLove.net (http://www.bookswelove.net) and co-moderator of Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) Authors. She is a member of the Victorian Writer’s Centre and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA). She has freelanced for many magazines and was staff writer for Australian Runner Magazine for several years.
Maureen is a certified instructor and teaches creative writing at various venues, including Writer’s Online Workshops: http://www.writersonlineworkshops.com.
Her two suspense novels, SHADOWS IN THE MIST and RETURN OF THE GULLS are likened in writing style to Mary Stewart and Barbara Michaels.
The sequel to RETURN OF THE GULLS, a novella entitled GHOSTS OF AULD LANG SYNE, is included in a six author anthology entitled ENCHANTED HOLIDAYS.
Maureen’s award winning short fiction
is published in an anthology entitled A NIGHTINGALE IN THE SYCAMORE.
Visit Moonspinners Writer’s Page: http://www.maureenmcmahon.com or Maureen’s Books We Love page at: http://www.bookswelove.net/mcmahon.html
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WHEN? Wednesday, April 26, 2006 Pacific Time ................................. 7 PM Mountain Time ............................. 8 PM Central Time ................................. 9 PM Eastern Time ............................... 10 PM Atlantic Time ............................... 11 PM London Time.................................3 AM Thursday Sydney, Australia Time ................. Noon Thursday WHERE? The Writers Chatroom at: http://writerschatroom.com Click on "Enter Chatroom" and choose a log-in name for yourself. Wednesday's case-sensitive password is: moonspinners It will take a moment to load. If you can not see entire screen, click on the "Float" button to maximize or minimize your screen as needed.
DOOR PRIZE:The doorprize for this week's chat will be very generous. Our chat guest has donated not one, not two, not three of her books--but FOUR of them! All are in e-book format to avoid that pesky shipping issue with the Land Down Under. Four randomly chosen winners will be able to download their prize immediately after the chat! (We may or may not be drawing for the prizes at half-time. <wink>) | |
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